Script Medem 2 is a light, narrow, very high contrast, italic, very short x-height font.
Keywords: wedding, invitations, branding, packaging, editorial, elegant, romantic, refined, formal, airy, formal script, luxury tone, signature feel, decorative caps, calligraphic, swash, flourished, looping, delicate.
A delicate calligraphic script with sweeping entry and exit strokes, looped forms, and prominent swashes on many capitals. Letterforms are built from thin hairlines paired with fuller downstrokes, creating a crisp, high-contrast rhythm and a distinctly pen-written texture. The set leans tall and slender, with long ascenders/descenders and compact lowercase bodies, while spacing remains open enough to keep the texture light and breathable. Numerals follow the same flowing construction, with italicized forms and occasional curled terminals that echo the alphabet’s movement.
Well-suited for wedding stationery, formal invitations, certificates, beauty and luxury branding, and packaging where a graceful signature-like look is appropriate. It also works as an accent face for headlines, pull quotes, or short phrases, especially when ample size and whitespace allow the fine details and swashes to remain clear.
The overall tone is graceful and ceremonial, reading as polished and romantic rather than casual. Its fine strokes and ornate capitals suggest a premium, boutique sensibility suited to occasions where elegance and flourish are desired.
The design appears intended to emulate formal pointed-pen handwriting with ornamental capitals and a light, refined texture. Its emphasis on flourish and contrast suggests a display-oriented script meant to communicate sophistication and ceremony rather than everyday note-taking.
Capitals are particularly expressive, often featuring extended lead-in curves and decorative cross-strokes that can add personality but also increase line length and visual complexity. In text settings the thin connecting strokes create a continuous, ribbon-like flow, while the high contrast makes stroke weight changes a prominent part of the texture.